Die Bedeutung kommunikativer Kompetenzen unter Beachtung des Genderaspektes für Studierende der Zahnmedizin : Entwicklung und Evaluation eines Curriculums

Abstract

Objective. Develop a curriculum for leading discussions with difficult patient groups and evaluate it using the self-assessment of the students at Ulm University before and after use of the project.

Method. Based on using an anonymous multiple-choice questionnaire-based longitudinal study on dental students in the sixth and seventh semesters at Ulm University.

Results. At the beginning of the study, 35% of the study participants assessed anxious patients as “very difficult” After the end of the training, the study participants assessed only 7% of the affected anxious patients as “very difficult”. According to their self-assessment, the dental students noticed an improvement in their handling of anxious patients after completing the training.

Conclusion: The self-assessment of the dental students in dealing with anxious patients improved after completing the communication training. The students also more wished that the subject “Dentist-Patient Relationship” was included in their studies.